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WESTERN RESERVE CHAPTER 
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION 



ARTICLE I 

Name 

The name of this Chapter shall be the Western Re- 
serve Chapter. 

ARTICLE II 

Government 

This Chapter, like every Chapter, is governed by the 
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society, which, 
however, permit the enactment of further, but not con- 
flicting By-Laws, for the local government of each Chapter. 

ARTICLE III 

Membership 

Section 1 Any woman wdio is of age and "Who is de- 
scended from a man or woman who, with unfailing loy- 
alty, rendered material aid to the cause of Independence, 
as a recognized patriot, as a soldier or sailor, or as a civil 
officer in one of the Colonies or States, or the United Col- 



onies or States," is eligible to membership in this Chapter; 
provided the applicant is acceptable. 

Sec. 2 She must apply to the Registrar for two of 
the application blanks that are furnished by the National 
Societj'. These blanks must be filled out in duplicate and 
each one must be signed by three members of the Western 
Reserve Chapter who can vouch for the acceptability of 
the applicant. They must then be returned to the Regis- 
trar accompanied by the entrance fees and dues for the 
current year. 

Sec. 3 If the Registrar finds the applicant eligible, 
she shall present the name to the Board of Management, 
as a committee of safety, to be acted upon. If elected, 
the application blanks must then be signed by the Regent, 
Secretary and Registrar, and by the latter, transmitted to 
the Registrar General for the approval of the National 
Board of Management. The applicant will be notified by 
the Registrar of the action taken upon her papers. 

Sec. 4 An applicant who is a member of another 
Chapter must send to the Registrar the transfer card of 
the National Society, endorsed by one member of the 
Western Reserve Chapter and accompanied by a copy of 
her membership papers. Her' name will be balloted upon 
at the next meeting of the Board of Management. 

Sec. 5 A member of the Western Reserve Chapter 
wishing to be transferred must apply to the Registrar for 
a transfer card and a copy of her membership papers. 

ARTICLE IV 

Fees and Dues 

Section 1 Six dollars shall accompany each applica- 
tion for membership. Of this amount two dollars is the 
initiation fee of the Chapter, two dollars the annual dues 

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of the Chapter, one dollar the initiation fee of the National 
Society and one dollar the annual dues to the National 
Society. 

The annual dues of the Chapter are two dollars, and 
with the annual dues to the National Society (one dollar), 
must be paid to the Treasurer m advance, on or before the 
twenty-second of February. The fees and dues of non- 
resident members shall be those prescribed by the National 
Society. 

Sec. 2 Any member who is delinquent in her dues 
shall be notified by the Treasurer on the twenty-third of 
March and the twenty-third of September. If she remain 
in arrears after the first of December, two notices having 
been sent, her case shall be referred to the Board of 
Management for consideration at its next meeting. If she 
remain in arrears twelve months, her name shall be 
dropped from the Chapter roll and the Treasurer of the 
National Society shall be so notified. 

Sec. 3 The payment of thirty-five dollars at any one 
time constitutes a life membership in the Western Re- 
serve Chapter. For those already annual members, this 
payment must be made within three months after the date 
on which the annual dues are payable. 

ARTICLE V 
Officers 

Section 1 The officers shall consist of the Regent, 
two Vice-Regents, Recording Secretary, Corresponding 
Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Historian and Custodian 
of the Flag. 

Sec. 2 These officers and such assistant officers as 
may be necessary, the Past Regents who are members of 
the Chapter, and an Advisory Board, composed of seven 

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members of the Chapter, shall constitute a Board of Man- 
agement. 

Sec. 3 The Regent, the Vice-Regents, the Corres- 
ponding Secretary and three members of the Advisory 
Board shall be elected in May of even years. The Record- 
ing Secretary, Registrar, Treasurer, Custodian of the Flag, 
and four members of the Advisory Board shall be elected 
in May of odd years. The Historian shall be elected in 
February of odd years. They shall hold office for two 
years and until their successors have been elected and in- 
stalled. All officers elected at the annual meeting in May 
shall assume their duties at the September meeting. No 
one shall hold two offices at the same time or the same 
office more than two years consecutively. This shall not 
apply to the Treasurer, who may be re-elected at the 
pleasure of the Chapter. Serving to fill a vacancy shall 
not be considered any part of a regular term. 

Sec. 4 The assistant officers shall be elected by the 
Board of Management. 



ARTICLE VI 

Duties of Officers 

Section 1 The duties of officers shall be such as 
usually appertain to their offices, and they shall have such 
other duties as hereinafter may be imposed. Each officer 
shall report at the business meetings, and shall report in 
full at each annual meeting. All reports shall be made in 
writing and shall be handed to the Secretary immediately 
after being read. An officer expecting to be absent, shall 
place in the hands of the Regent such books and papers as 
shall be necessary for the transaction of business of that 
meeting. The Secretary, Treasurer and Registrar shall 
verify their lists of members quarterly. 



Sec. 2 The Regent shall convene and preside at all 
the meetings of the Chapter and of the Board of Man- 
agement, and appoint the place of such meetings with 
the concurrence of the Board of Management. She shall 
have general direction and management of the business 
of the Chapter, including the appointment of committees, 
and of all standing committees she shall be a member 
ex-officio. She shall sign all official certificates or docu- 
ments, all contracts or obligations of the Chapter, and 
all warrants drawn on the Treasurer for money appro- 
priated by the Chapter or the Board of Management. She 
shall receive on election, from each retiring officer, all 
property belonging to the Chapter which pertains to her 
office, and shall deliver the same to each newly elected 
officer, with full instructions regarding her duties. And 
she shall perform from time to time such other repre- 
sentative duties as may be imposed upon her by the Board 
of Management. 

Sec. 3 The Vice-Regents, in their order, shall perform 
the duties of the Regent, in case of her absence or dis- 
ability, or when called upon by the Regent. 

Sec. 4 The Recording Secretary shall keep a register 
of all the members of the Chapter, recording all transfers, 
deaths, resignations or changes in the membership from 
any cause, shall record and preserve the minutes of all 
meetings of the Chapter and of the Board of Management; 
have charge of the seal, charter, By-Laws and records; and 
sign all warrants on the treasury for money appropriated 
by the Chapter or the Board of Management. 

The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to all the 
correspondence of the Chapter and of the Board of Man- 
agement, when not otherwise definitely assigned; give 
notice of all meetings as directed by the Regent; give 
notice to all officers of orders or votes affecting them; no- 
tify promptly the Vice-President General in charge of organ- 

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ization and the State Regent of the election of Chapter 
officers and delegates to the Continental Congress, all 
such notices to be given with full names. 

Sec. 5 The Treasurer shall collect the dues and de- 
posit all moneys belonging to the Chapter in such bank 
as the Board of Management shall direct; disburse money 
only on an order signed by the Regent and Secretary; 
keep a correct account of all receipts and disbursements, 
as well as a list of members with the local and National 
numbers, in which must appear the record of all trans- 
fers, deaths, resignations, or changes in the membership 
from any cause and report these changes promptly to the 
Treasurer General; send the dues and tri-ennial reports as 
prescribed by the constitution of the National Society, 
and the fees and dues of applicants for membership when 
their papers have been accepted by the Board of Manage- 
ment; send the required notices to delinquent members; 
and submit the year's report to the Auditing Committee 
before presentation at the annual meeting. The Treas- 
urer's books shall be closed May first. 

Sec. 6 The Registrar shall keep a register in which 
the name of each member of the Chapter shall be recorded, 
with the date of her election, her National number, her 
Chapter number, and the names of her ancestors, who 
gave Revolutionary service. In this shall also be recorded 
all resignations, transfers, marriages and deaths. She 
shall apply to the Registrar General for and have the cus- 
tody of all application blanks. She shall furnish two ap- 
plication blanks to any woman desiring to become a mem- 
ber of the Chapter and shall receive the same again when 
they have been properly filled out. It shall then be her 
duty to verify the services of ancestors therein stated; 
to certify to the Board of Management the names of all 
eligible applicants; to forward to the Registrar General 
such applications as may be approved by the Board of 



Management, at the same time sending to the Treasurer 
of the Chapter the fees and dues which must be received 
with each. application. She shall notify applicants of their 
election or rejection, return the money to such as are not 
accepted, and place on file each duplicate containing the 
proofs upon which membership in the Western Reserve 
Chapter has been obtained, when it is returned from the 
National Board of Management. On these she shall enter 
on the blank spaces left for that purpose, any further 
record of the members, and shall, at once, notify the 
Regent, Secretary and Treasurer, as well as the Treasurer 
General, of any addition to or changes in the membership. 

Sec. 7 The Historian shall keep a record of all his- 
torical, commemorative and social events. She shall be the 
chairman of the committee to make the yearly program. 

Sec. 8 The Custodian of the Flag shall have charge 
of the flags belonging to the Chapter, and display the same 
on all proper occasions. On the death of a member, if 
so desired by the family, she shall carry to them the 
Memorial Flag, the Chapter's emblem of sympathy and 
mourning. 

ARTICLE VII 

Board of Management 

Section 1 The Board of Management shall recom- 
mend plans for promoting the objects of the society; con- 
sider and prepare business; authorize the expenditure of 
unappropriated money in the treasury for the current ex- 
penses of the Chapter; have power to fill all vacancies in 
office, shall judge of the qualifications of applicants for 
admission when presented by the Registrar, and approve 
the same; and shall perform such other duties as may be 
necessary. 

Sec. 2 The Board of Management shall not take ac- 

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tion upon the name of an applicant at the same meeting 
at which her name is presented; when taken the ballot 
shall be secret; three negative ballots shall prevent favor- 
able consideration. 

ARTICLE VIII 

Committees 

The standing committees shall serve for one year, 
and shall be as follows: 

1 Patriotic Education 

i Lectures and General Education 
ii The National Flag 
iii Independence Day Celebration 

3 Children of the Republic 
i Executive 
ii Visiting 

3 Music 

4 Proving the Services and Marking the Graves of 
Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Qeveland and vicinity. 

5 Wheel and Distaff Guild 

6 American Monthly Magazine 

7 Genealogical Library 

8 Genealogical Research 

9 Reception of New Members 

10 Ways and Means 

11 Auditing 

And such other committees as may be found necessary 
for the transaction of business. 

ARTICLE IX 
Delegates to the Continental Congress 

This Chapter is entitled to be represented by its Re- 
gent and one delegate for each one hundred members. 

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Alternates shall be elected for the Regent and for each 
delegate. Only members who have paid their dues for 
the fiscal year are entitled to representation. 

ARTICLE X 

Meetings 

Section 1 Business meetings shall be held on the 
second Friday of November, February and May, at 2 
P. M. 

Sec. 2 Literary and social meetings shall be held on 
the second Friday of September, October, January, March, 
and the fourteenth of June (Flag Day), the hour to be 
determined by the program committee. A patriotic 
church service shall take the place of the December meet- 
ing. 

Sec. 3 The order of exercises at business meetings 
shall be: 

Call to order 

Salute to the Flag 

Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting 

Recommendations from the Board of Management 

Reports of officers and committees 

Reading of letters and communications 

Unfinished business 

New business 

Adjournment 

Sec. 4 The annual meeting shall be held the second 
Friday of May at 2 P. M. The order of exercises shall be : 
Call to order 
Salute to the flag 
Annual report of the Secretary 
Annual report of the Treasurer 
Annual report of the Registrar 
Reports of committees 

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Election of officers and members of the Advisory 

Board 
Miscellaneous business 
Adjournment 

Sec. 5 Delegates and alternates to the Continental 
Congress shall be elected at the February meeting. 

Sec. 6 Special meetings shall be called by the Secre- 
tary when directed by the Regent or the Board of Man- 
agement, but no business shall be transacted except that 
included in the call. 

Sec. 7 At all meetings twenty-five members shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. 8 Nominations and elections shall be by ballot. 
A majority of votes shall elect. Those present and voting 
shall constitute an election. 

Sec. 9 The Board of Management shall meet the 
Wednesday after election, and at a convenient day preced- 
ing each business meeting of the Chapter, and at the call 
of the Regent. One-fourth of the members shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. 

ARTICLE XI 

Amendments 

These By-Laws may be amended at any regular busi- 
ness meeting of the Chapter by a two-thirds vote, the 
proposed amendment having been read at a previous meet- 
ing and notice thereof having been mailed by the Secre- 
tary to each member of the Chapter, at least five days 
before the meeting. 



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